I tripped over all the crap in my entryway. Bags and bags of stuff – work stuff, Christmas stuff, wrapping stuff, stuff stuff. My home is officially a hazard course and I’ve have reached critical meltdown point. So it’s probably a good time for a shot of caffeine, right? How about getting that from a cookie? The sugar has got to help too. Put a pot of to brew, grab a handful of cookies and exhale. Today for Day 11 of the 12 Days of Cookies … Espresso Crinkles. And not a day too soon. (more…)
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all the hoopla … Pickled Ramps
Posted in condiments, cookbooks, jams, seasonal, tagged paul virant, pickled ramps on April 20, 2012| 2 Comments »
What the hell are ramps anyway? For most of my life I’d never heard of the things and then about five or six years ago, they started popping up everywhere. The way folks go on and on about them you’d think they’d cure cancer, world peace and the international debt crisis. How can something possibly live up to that hype? Then I tasted some. Huh. Oniony, garlicy with an ever so slight funky edge that is so much more interesting than a scallion or straight up onion. Worth it? I think so. They’re also a sure sign that spring has arrived, even more so than the season’s first asparagus or rhubarb. I think that’s what we’re all really looking for after a few dreary months so maybe a little crazy behavior is expected.
A tomato is a fruit but is it dessert? Candied Yellow Tomatoes
Posted in cookbooks, frozen treats, other good stuff, why would you do that, tagged cafe boulud cookbook, candied tomatoes, Daniel Boulud, thyme ice cream on September 13, 2009| 4 Comments »
I’ve been thumbing through my new/old copy of the Café Boulud Cookbook, considering what my next recipe would be and then who’s the guest judge of Top Chef this week? Daniel Boulud with his cute smile and melt-the-cockels-of-my-heart accent. Oh, the timing is impeccable, I tell you. So what’s next? I’ve already done a lovely chilled melon soup so maybe Onion Soup with Braised Beef Shanks? No, it’s too hot. Potato Gratin Forestier? No, I’m too fat. Candied Yellow Tomatoes? Huh? I kept coming back to the tomatoes, turning the idea over in my mind, trying to figure out what it would look like, taste like. I’ve certainly seen tomato desserts over the years though I’ve never made one myself. Is it too weird? Would it be just awful? If you think about it, technically the tomato is a fruit. And fruit can be candied. So is it really that far of a stretch? Well, we’re about to find out.
Confessions of a cookbook addict
Posted in adventures/field trips, cookbooks, tagged cafe boulud cookbook, cookbook inscriptions, cookbooks, used cookbooks on September 6, 2009| 3 Comments »
